Chapter 203: Calculation
Qin Hanzhen was looking forward to the trip to Suzhou, but she didn't think so now. www.biquge.info The scenery here is very beautiful, the food tastes good, everyone speaks gently, and there is always a gentle and tactful taste in the tone, which makes people feel good - but if only the premise is that she was not escorted by her grandfather Qin Bai for a painting assault course!
Qin Bai seemed to have made up his mind to cultivate a female painter, staring at Qin Hanzhen every day to practice basic brushwork, assigning her a lot of homework every day, and asking her to practice the layout of calligraphy and painting. If Qin Hanzhen didn't go out, he would stay in the study all day and night to practice calligraphy and painting for at least three or four hours. Although she likes to write and draw, she is also a little unbearable.
After the Niu family and the Huang family's aunt and sister-in-law took a break, they went out with Qin Bai to visit various places of interest and historic sites, and went shopping for the shops on the street. But Qin Bai only allowed her granddaughter to visit famous places and broaden her horizons, but she was not allowed to buy any fat powder jewelry, clothing and embroidery, but stayed at home and studied hard. In his opinion, for such a thing as buying things, it is enough to have Niu's grandmother come forward. The little girl's family doesn't have to buy too many of these things, anyway, the styles that are fashionable every year are different, I bought it this year, and it will be obsolete next year, just enough to use it for a year. Although Niu's vision is a bit village, but with the Huang family's aunt and sister-in-law, there will be no big mistakes in things. It's rare that my granddaughter is now enlightened in painting, so she naturally has to hurry up and learn more.
Qin Bai does not have the conservative idea that "a woman is virtuous if she is not talented", and he does not think that when a girl grows up to a certain age, she should be ready to get married, and after marriage, she should focus on her husband and children, and there is no need to spend time on things like calligraphy and painting skills. He knew that several famous talented women in this dynasty and the previous dynasty were actually recognized by the public only after marriage. Their husbands are already talented people, and their children and grandchildren are also very extraordinary, and their own talents and learning are more respected.
In contrast, those teenage daughters of famous families, because they can make a few poems and play a few tunes, they claim to be talented women, most of them are to say that they are good relatives and raise their own value, and it doesn't take two or three years of hard work, and gradually no one mentions it. Most of the people stopped promoting their fame after the family affairs were decided, for fear that their in-laws would be unhappy. How can such a "talented woman" be accurate?
Qin Bai prefers that his granddaughter will become the former rather than the latter. Since she wants to win the recognition of others with real talent, her granddaughter must lay a good foundation from an early age and learn to paint for a few years in a down-to-earth manner. Even the families she wants to marry in the future, he needs to choose carefully, and he can't find those who abide by the so-called rules and etiquette and restrain the talents of his daughter-in-law, as well as the future grandson-in-law candidates, and they must also be compatible with his granddaughter's temperament and preferences......
Qin Hanzhen didn't know that his grandfather was thinking so long-term, but he was a little distressed about the homework he had to do every day. Even if she knew that Qin Bai was doing this for her good, she hoped that her life would be a little easier. If she can go out, Qin Bai will not assign homework, so she looks forward to going out a few more times, not only to relax and play, but also to avoid heavy homework.
They have been in Suzhou for a long time, but they have visited most of the places of interest that are close to them. Niu and Huang's sisters-in-law focused more on locally produced silk, Song brocade and embroidery, and bought a lot of them, preparing to bring them back to the capital to make clothes or give them away. Qin Hanzhen followed his grandfather Qin Bai and Zhao Mo to activities, sometimes going out to see calligraphy and painting, sometimes invited to visit the gardens of local gentry and wealthy families, making friends with famous calligraphers and painters, and receiving more edification by the way - of course, she changed into men's clothes before going out, and claimed to be Qin Bai's grandson.
The local gentry in Suzhou also inquired and knew that Yongjiahou had brought his grandchildren back to his hometown, and although he did not know how old his grandson was, Qin Hanzhen was dressed very much like a boy, and he had studied and painted seriously, and he had written a chapter, who else would it be if it wasn't his grandson? Qin Hanzhen also called himself "Qin Qian," but he borrowed the name of his little cousin.
Qin Hanzhen wiped a cold sweat secretly. Qin Bai made friends with those famous calligraphers and painters and got along very well. Zhao Mo is a clan, his identity is not ordinary, and others dare not treat him as a friend and nephew easily, so they politely invited him to the quiet room for tea, and sent someone to accompany him. She is the only one, and she is often arranged to sit at a table with other children's nephews to eat tea and talk. If she hadn't pretended to be a boy and had learned how to fool others, she really wouldn't have dared to be so bold to get close to those teenagers.
Especially in the scholarly family here in the south of the Yangtze River, the children are all familiar with poetry and books since they were young, so these boys who are taken out to socialize are all very talented, and they are all very good at opening and closing their mouths. This is okay, it's just a tone particle, Qin Hanzhen doesn't pay attention to it, what he is most afraid of is that they use allusions at every turn, and people who read less may not be able to keep up with their ideas. Qin Hanzhen asked himself that he had also taken Chinese classes for more than 20 years, and after crossing over, he also learned a lot of the content of the Four Books and Five Classics from his famous Confucian grandfather, and with Zhao Mo, a cousin who was quite good at homework, he was accompanied every day, and he could barely listen to seventy percent of the conversations of these boys. However, she is still young and can pretend, so she can still deceive people, so that they think that she really understands one and counts her as her own.
The son of one of the poets also told her: "Brother Qian's young age, he has such a talent to learn, he is really worthy of being the grandson of Yongjiahou, and his family has a family history." It's a pity that Brother Qian was just passing by and couldn't stay in Suzhou for a long time. When Brother Qian returns home in the future, don't forget to correspond with someone. You and I are rarely like-minded, and we will come and go often in the future. ”
Qin Hanzhen could only respond with a dry smile, and secretly said sorry to Brother Qian in his heart. I hope that when he receives this little boy's letter in the future, he will not be confused. In ancient times, communication was inconvenient, and it was not surprising that the new friends who met in Pingshui broke off contact, so it shouldn't be a goof, right?
However, Zhao Mo was not very happy, although he didn't say anything in person, but he complained to Qin Bai in private: "Today, the family only regarded me as a distinguished guest, and found a young man of the same age as me to accompany him, in fact, he didn't say anything useful, just a few polite greetings, which was very boring." But it was very inappropriate for them to associate their cousins with their nephews. Although they didn't know the identity of their cousin, my uncle and I knew it. If people see the flaws, I am afraid that it will be detrimental to my cousin's reputation. In my opinion, my cousin should stay in the inn with me, and we can make progress by practicing calligraphy and painting for a few more hours, which is like chatting idly in someone else's house. ”
Qin Bai actually intended to let his granddaughter meet those famous calligraphers and painters, so that she could ask for advice. However, those famous calligraphers and painters are not very interested in children, but they occasionally point out a few words, go a few times, and it's almost the same. As Zhao Mo said, it is not appropriate to let her granddaughter always dress up as a man and get along with the boys. Now it's just that others don't recognize it, and this kind of thing can't be hidden for a lifetime, and if people hear the truth in the future, I'm afraid they will be upset.
Thinking so, Qin Bai ordered Qin Hanzhen to continue to stay at the inn and practice hard. Although accompanied by Zhao Mo, Qin Hanzhen was still depressed. She had hoped to skip class for a few more days.
Zhao Mo's mood was much better, and seeing that Qin Hanzhen was a little depressed, he gave her an idea: "We have also been playing in Suzhou for so many days, we have seen a lot of good scenery, and we have also gone to many places that I haven't been to last year." Originally, the street scenes I drew seemed to have a lot of omissions. Why don't we revise the manuscript again, and then draw each scene we have been to with small pictures, and then add text to make a travelogue with pictures. Wouldn't it be interesting to go back to the capital in the future, and take it out and flip through it in my spare time, and reminisce about the time when I was in Suzhou?"
Qin Hanzhen's spirits perked up: "This is a good idea." Originally, it was difficult for me to go out, and I hoped that my cousin would draw all the places you had been and the scenery you had seen, and take them home to show me. Now that I can do such a thing, how can I just count on you?" After speaking, he really began to grind the ink and color adjustment, drew the draft according to his memory, and complained to Zhao Mo casually, "If only there was a pen suitable for sketching." When we go on a tour, we can easily draw the scenery, and we don't have to reminisce afterwards, and we always leave some details behind. Nowadays, the pen, ink, paper, and inkstone used for painting Chinese painting are too troublesome to use, and nothing can be done without a flat table. ”
Zhao Mo said with a smile: "I'll go to find someone from the study shop to inquire." Jiangnan style is so prosperous, there will always be this kind of stationery for sale, right?"
Before Zhao Mo could find the kind of painting tool that Qin Hanzhen wanted, a fast horse came from Jinling and brought an urgent letter from Huang Jincheng, but Zhang Gongzi fled, and it was very likely that he would come to their side.
After Zhang Gongzi was handed over to Huang Jincheng by the Qin family, because he fell into the water, he was soaked, and the wind blew and he caught a cold, and he soon fell seriously ill, and it is said that he had a high fever for two days before he barely went down. Huang Jincheng remembered that his grandfather had been friendly with his grandfather, and he did not kill him all, but just locked him up in a remote small house to "recuperate", and the doctor who should be invited was also invited, and the medicine that should be arrested was also arrested, but he just sent someone to monitor him, and did not allow his master and servant to leave.
Zhang Gongzi was very sick, and his physique was weak after the illness, so it stands to reason that he had no strength to escape. But somehow, he actually escaped! I heard that he dug a dog hole under the back wall of the house and got into it, because he escaped in the middle of the night, and the guards at the front door did not know it at all, and it was not until the next morning that he brought food in, and he found out that something was wrong. His clerk also ran away, but because he was more ill, he was thrown by his master halfway through. Huang Jincheng found a scholar with only half a life left in the grass on the side of the road, and finally learned from him that Zhang Gongzi said that he would continue to look for Huang Qingfang, and he would persuade Huang Qingfang to agree to marry him no matter what.
Because this is the only way out for the Zhang family at present. If he can't marry the Huang family, the prince's henchman, the Zhang family may fall into a situation from which he will never recover.
When the Zhang family first climbed into the Wang family, they never imagined that their son could be favored by the eldest granddaughter of the Wang family, not because of talent, nor because of love at first sight. It's just because Zhang Gongzi's father is Shaoqing of Taifu Temple, and Taifu Temple is in charge of Ma Zheng, Zhengqing is seriously ill and does not govern, and the power is in Shaoqing's hands. The Wang family thinks that they only have some forces in the court, and they have no soldiers and horses in their hands, and if they want to really bring their son-in-law to power as the emperor's heir, they must rely on it a little, and what is more affordable than being able to have soldiers and horses? They married their two grandsons to the daughter of a powerful general, and they married their eldest granddaughter to the son of Shaoqing of Taifu Temple.
But now, this calculation is known to Donggong.